May 2018

on the cover:Gracing the cover of our May issue is His Highness The Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the founder of Al Shaqab Stud, with one of his most prized creations, the stallion *Marwan Al Shaqab (*Gazal Al Shaqab x Little Liza Fame). Photographed in Qatar by Rik Van Lent, Jr. Story by Denise Hearst.

Al Shaqab Stud: The Year of Introspection

Today, there is hardly a major breeding program in the world that has not been touched by HH The Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, founder of Al Shaqab Stud, or his most prized creation, the stallion *Marwan Al Shaqab, by Denise Hearst